Everything Goes Numb

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Everything Goes Numb is the first full length album by musical group Streetlight Manifesto. It is seen as a natural progression from Catch 22's Keasbey Nights (1998), as Tomas Kalnoky, the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter, performed the same duties in Catch 22 before leaving after Keasbey Nights to concentrate on his college education. It is also the second chapter in the Keasbey Nights Trilogy, and was once referred to as The Keasbey Diaries in the A Call to Arms (2001) booklet.

Track listing

All songs written by Tomas Kalnoky, although "If and When We Rise Again" contains a horn line taken from Johannes Brahms' "Hungarian Dance No. 5" (which can be listened to under the title "Hungarian Dance in G minor" in the media section of the Brahms article).

1. "Everything Went Numb" – 3:29
2. "That'll Be the Day" – 4:42
3. "Point/Counterpoint" – 5:27
4. "If and When We Rise Again" – 4:19
5. "A Better Place, a Better Time" – 6:28
6. "We Are the Few" – 4:56
7. "Failing, Flailing" – 5:28
8. "Here’s to Life" – 4:41
9. "A Moment of Silence" – 5:13
10. "A Moment of Violence" – 2:00
11. "The Saddest Song" – 3:18
12. "The Big Sleep" – 5:02

Miscellanea

• "Point/Counterpoint" is sometimes performed live with the song "Keasbey Nights" (from Catch 22's Keasbey Nights) played partway through
• "If and When we Rise Again" is credited as "Color-Coded Quotes" on some pressings, and contains the album title in the lyrics
• "A Better Place, A Better Time" is referred to as "Annie" by the band, and is usually written on setlists under that name.
• The song "Here's to Life..."
  • Is a remake of the Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution (Kalnoky's interclary band in between Catch 22 and Streetlight Manifesto) track on A Call to Arms (2001)
  • Is credited as "Here's to Life (Reprise)" inside the CD booklet
  • Contains references to suicidal artists including:
    • Albert Camus (who may or may not have killed himself)
    • Ernest Hemingway
    • Kurt Cobain (as "K.D.C.")
    • Vincent Van Gogh
  • Mentions J. D. Salinger who is the hero of the song and his character Holden Caulfield
  • Holden Caulfield is also mentioned personally as "a friend of mine (Tomas')"; the same Holden Caulfield that is the protagonist in the novel Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. Salinger.
  • More information on the theme of the song can be found in the songwriting notes section of the A Call to Arms article.
• "The Big Sleep" is credited as "The Big Sleep (You're Impossible)" in the lyrics section of the official Streetlight Manifesto site
• "Failing, Flailing" is sometimes played live with "9mm & a 3 Piece Suit" spliced into the song
• In the intro to "If And When We Rise" you can hear Tomas Kalnoky say "Moderate Rock", a reference to a Nirvana song (tourette's) where Kurt Cobain says the same thing in the intro.

Personnel

• Josh Ansley - Bass Guitar
• Chris Bailey - Auxiliary Percussion
• Jim Conti - Alto Saxophone, Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone
• Jeff Davidson - Gang Vocals
• James Egan - Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba
• Steve Ho - Gang Vocals
• Tomas Kalnoky - Guitar, Layout, Lyrics, Music, Photos, Producing, Recording, Vocals
• Jason Kanter - Mixing
• Robbie Krieger - Cello (Track 12 only)
• Lico - Gang Vocals
• Paul Lowndes - Drum tracking, Drums
• Dominick Maita - Mastering
• Dan Ross - Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone
• Shane Thompson - Auxiliary Percussion
• Natalia Ushak - Cover Model

External links

• Streetlight Manifesto official site
• Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution official site
• The RISC Group official site
• Victory Records official site
• Everything Goes Numb at MusicBrainz